Nova Scotia floods cause “unimaginable” damage; four people missing
Ottawa, CanadaReuters The heaviest rain to hit the Atlantic Canadian province of Nova Scotia in more than 50 years triggered floods causing “unimaginable” damage, and four people are missing, including two children, officials said on Saturday. The storm, which started on Friday, dumped more than 25 centimetres on some parts in just 24 hours – […]
As Canada’s wildfires intensify, recruiting firefighters is tougher
British Colombia, CanadaReuters Canada is wrestling with its worst-ever start to wildfire season, but recruiting firefighters is becoming increasingly difficult due to tight labor markets and the tough nature of the job, provincial officials say. Limited resources could threaten Canada’s ability to douse fires, which are expected to get bigger and fiercer in future as […]
Ships, planes search for sub that went missing on trip to Titanic wreckage
Reuters US and Canadian ships and planes searched on Monday for a submarine that went missing more than a day earlier off the coast of south-eastern Canada while taking tourists to explore the wreckage of the Titanic, officials said. The US Coast Guard said there was one pilot and four passengers on board and that […]
Canada on track for its worst-ever wildfire season
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Canada is on track for its worst-ever year of wildfire destruction as warm and dry conditions are forecast to persist through to the end of the summer after an unprecedented start to the fire season, officials said on Monday. Blazes are burning in nearly all Canadian provinces and territories, and federal government […]
Inquiry into Canada’s worst mass shooting criticises police, urges reform
Ottawa, Canada Reuters Officials tasked with reviewing Canada’s worst mass shooting called for sweeping police reforms, stricter gun safety regulations and better public communication on Thursday after an investigation found many shortcomings in authorities’ response to the 2020 incident. In April, 2020, 51-year-old Gabriel Wortman, disguised in a police uniform and driving a fake police […]
Trudeau to survey Fiona damage as residents battle blackouts
Port aux Basques, NewfoundlandReuters Prime Minister Justin Trudeau plans to visit Canada’s storm-ravaged eastern provinces as soon as this week, as thousands of residents were still without power more than two days after storm Fiona swept homes into the sea and left at least one person dead. Fiona was one of the worst storms to […]
Storm Fiona ravages Canada’s east coast, causing “terrifying” destruction
Stephenville, Newfoundland, CanadaReuters Powerful storm Fiona ripped into eastern Canada on Saturday with hurricane-force winds, forcing evacuations, knocking down trees and powerlines, and reducing many homes on the coast to “just a pile of rubble in the ocean”. The US National Hurricane Center said the centre of the storm, downgraded to Post-Tropical Cyclone Fiona, was […]
Wild horses face unruly storms as Fiona nears Canada’s east coast
Ottawa, CanadaReuters Shaggy, long-maned wild horses grazing freely on the sandy grasslands of the crescent-shaped Sable Island in the North Atlantic are expected to come under the swipe of a powerful storm forecast to hit eastern Canada this weekend. Hurricane Fiona, tracking northward after carving a destructive path through the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, […]
Canada murder rate in 2020 hits 15-year high, pushed up by mass shooting
Reuters The murder rate in Canada last year rose to its highest level since 2005, pushed up in part by the country’s worst-ever mass shooting, in which 22 people died, Statistics Canada said on Thursday. Statscan also noted societal stresses it said had been caused by lockdowns linked to the COVID-19 pandemic. Royal Canadian Mounted […]
Housing affordability: On Canada’s east coast, COVID-19 fight brings pricier homes
MATTHEW LAVIETES, writing for Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on the rising cost of housing in what has traditionally been a poor region of Canada…